[78-L] White Christmas, The Movie

[Cary Ginell]

I think it's a great movie. After trimming palm fronds in our front yard, our two boys actually did a mock version of "Sisters" right there on the driveway. They now recognize Bing Crosby's voice when I'm playing records, which is more than I can say for 99% of the teenagers in town.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:59:05 -0500
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] White Christmas, The Movie
> 
> And Clooney did her own album for Columbia..sister Betty joined her on "Sisters".
> 
> And sorry, folks, but I have absolutely no problems with that movie. Everyone 
> in the world makes a fetish of loathing it. The songs are good, the pacing is 
> good, Danny Kaye is subdued (and does a great scene where he channels Kay 
> Thompson, which is kinda spooky).
> 
> dl
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> > Yes. The soundtrack album was recorded for Decca, but Rosie Clooney was obligated to Columbia at the time, so on the Decca release, she was replaced by Peggy Lee. Trudy Stevens did the dubbing for Vera-Ellen. So what you have on the 1954 remake is Crosby, Danny Kaye, Lee, and Stevens. Crosby does not sing it solo. I don't have the original Decca, but an MCA Great Britain reissue LP. 
> > 
> > Cary Ginell
> > 
> >> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:15:14 -0500
> >> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] White Christmas
> >>
> >> That is the reason I've heard many times. The two are easy to tell apart since 
> >> the orchestra is an octave higher at the start on one of them (I think it's the 
> >> 1942 one that's lower).
> >>
> >> Didn't he record it a third time for the 1954 soundtrack?
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
> >> Bud Black wrote:
> >>> Bing Crosby actually recorded White Christmas twice for Decca.  Once in 1942
> >>> and again in 1947.  In the '42 version he "trills" the word "dreaming," but
> >>> sings it straight in '47,  I seem to have read somewhere (perhaps here) that
> >>> the reason it was re-recorded in '47 was because the original master was
> >>> worn out.  Can anyone confirm this?
> >>>  
> >>> Bud  
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